If you’re just about to put your property on the market, you may be interested in my staging your home to sell ideas. After making the big decision to sell, you’ll want to get the maximum price you can. If you’re about to embark on this journey, please read my staging your home to sell ideas first.
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Staging Your Home To Sell Ideas Starts With Decluttering
Your first task is decluttering and getting rid of junk. Go through every cupboard and throw anything you wouldn’t want to take with you to a new home. This is your chance to chuck out all the clutters that’s been building up over the years. This task isn’t going to be easy or quick, but it will give you a clean slate to start your house staging project.
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If you find it hard to throw things away, you should read my Declutter Your Home Before Selling Your Property article. This gives you some easy tips and advice on what to ditch and how to dispose of it. Just remember that at some point, you’re going to have to address your clutter issue. It’s better to do that before putting your property on the market. When you are ready to move out, you’ll be busy and wishing you’d tackled this project months ago!
Staging Your Home To Sell Ideas Includes Cleaning
You’ve got rid of all the unnecessary clutter, so pat yourself on the back. Next, you’re going to have to get those rubber gloves on and scrub. Giving your house a deep clean can add thousands to the asking price. If you don’t have time to do this yourself, then you can hire a professional cleaning company. Here are some pointers on what needs cleaning:
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• Ceilings: Clean cobwebs and dusty light fittings
• Walls: Remove scuffs and wash walls, especially if you’ve removed pictures
• Floors: Shampoo carpets, steam clean wooden floors, scrub vinyl floors and tiles, and don’t forget to dust the skirting boards
• Windows: Clean your windows inside and outside
• Kitchen: Deep clean the oven, hob, fridge, sink and inside all cupboards
• Bathroom: Scrub the shower, bath, basin and toilet and use tile grout whitener if necessary
• Bedrooms: Clean under the bed and behind furniture
• Living Room: Clean the TV screen, dust ornaments and sponge down the sofa if required
• Pets: If you have pets, you’ll need to eliminate any odours and pet hair
• Garden: Pull out weeds, mow the lawn, cut the hedge and tidy up
Essential Staging Your Home To Sell Ideas
After decluttering and cleaning, you can move on to the most exciting part, which is buying new decorative objects and home accessories. This part is all about styling and creating a welcoming and memorable home that potential buyers will want to live. Have a picture in your mind of who those potential buyers might be; a family, young professionals or first-time buyers and appeal to their tastes. A coffee machine on display in the kitchen will send out the right cues to a professional couple. A family would love to see a dining table set up. It’s all about presenting the right lifestyle to a particular target group.
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It’s a good idea to remove any overly personal items, such as too many family photographs. You can also move pieces from one room to another and reuse items you already have. If you have the budget buy some on-trend pieces to add colour and make the photographs memorable to potential buyers. Look through photos on property websites. The majority are white walls with wooden floors, which provide a blank canvas. If you introduce a couple of striking designer cushions to the sofa or a beautiful painting, it will make an impact.
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Buy items that you can take to your new home. Designer cushions for your sofa, a stunning vase, a cool painting or a patterned rug are perfect for your living room. If you don’t have new bedding, perhaps buy a bedspread which you can pull over the bed before the house buyers are due to visit. New towels and chunky artisan soaps are good buys for the bathroom. Fresh flowers are a must in the living room. Buy a few plants to place around the house in cute pots. Pick a colour for the kitchen and purchase mugs, tea towels and a few kitchen accessories. Mix designer items with cheaper buys from shops and second-hand stores. Staging is the fun part of selling your home so enjoy it!
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